Guidebook for Energy Efficiency in Municipalities

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Leases and contracts Working with contractors Building design and specification O4 O5 O6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS Introduction to Project Management The project life-cycle Financial evaluation of projects Developing a program for energy efficiency P1 P2 P3 P4
About this guidebook The aim of this guidebook is to help reduce the energy consumption and costs through improving the energy efficiency of municipal operations. The focus explicitly lies on municipal activities that are of energy relevance directly or in directly – i.e., the role of a municipality as a consumer of energy is basically addressed by this guidebook. However, the aim is not to provide a guide to develop a comprehensive energy planning concept, rather the reader should be able to select single measures and implement them as a single project right away. Clearly, municipalities also have the opportunity to improve the energy efficiency within the local community (in homes, offices, industries and transport) through legislative framework or any kind of incentives, however those opportunities are not covered by this guidebook. Additionally to the concrete organizational and technical suggestions for improving energy efficiency, the guidebook contains project management tools to support the implementation of the suggested measures. It has been designed as a useful and informative guide to give the reader plenty of ideas and starting points rather than provide all the answers. However, the presented measures are detailed in order to put the reader in the position to realize them from the plan to the implementation and evaluation. The guide is especially configured for local energy managers, responsible for energy consumption related with the activities of the municipality itself. The modular structure of the guidebook allows to extend it by new information and to adjust the content individually. Operation Instructions In the section “Municipal Activities” all the fields of municipal activity are summarized and some motivating arguments and examples for the chances of a municipality engaging in energy efficiency projects are listed. Often it may not be obvious how municipal activities can be relevant for energy efficiency. Thus, in this section the impacts of typical municipal activities on energy use, as well as the energy saving opportunities for all of them are described. It is really astonishing how many activities are relevant for the energy consumption of any municipality. For each activity (e.g. parks and gardens) the relevant technical fact sheets (e.g. lighting) and organizational measures (e.g. purchasing policies) are listed in a table. Following these links to the relevant fact sheets the reader will find detailed information for each kind of energy efficiency project. The “Technical Fact Sheets” (T1 – T10) contain detailed information concerning technical issues within an energy efficiency project (e.g. heating and cooling buildings, street lighting). For each topic the reader will find a rubric with links to further information and best practice examples. “Organizational Measures” (O1 – O6) provide suggestions for energy relevant “soft” measures concerning the organizational and administrative structure of a municipality (e.g. purchasing policies, monitoring and reporting). In the section “Project Managing Tools” (P1 – P4) the reader will find useful information and tools for managing an energy efficiency project in the municipality. Starting from the definition of a project and the role of a project manager, a typical project life cycle is explained. As one of the most important aspects when deciding for a certain project, methods for the financial evaluation of a project are shown, and some possibilities for financing energy efficiency projects are discussed.
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